^6z The Conclufion. 
kinds of plants. Thus the Ever-grcens per- 
fpiring little, and having thereby a thick, 
vifeid, oily fap, they can the better endure 
the winter s cold, and fubfift with little frefh 
noLiriniment : They feem many of them to 
flourifh moft in the temperate feafons of the 
year, but not fb well in the hotteft part of 
Summer, becaufe their perfpiration is then 
fomewhat too great, in proportion to the flow 
afeent of the fap, which makes fome of them 
at that feafon to abate of their vigor : Thus 
fome plants, which grow and thrive with 
the flow perfpiration of January and Fe^ 
bruary, perifli as the fpring advances, and the 
warmth and perfpiration is too great for 
them. And thus Garden Peafeand Beans, 
which are fown in what is found to be their 
proper feafon, viz, in November y January^ 
or February y tho" they make but a flow pro- 
grefs in their growth upwards, during the 
cold feafon, yet their roots, as alfo thofe of 
winter corns, do in the mean time fhoot well 
into the warmer Earth, fo as to be able to 
afford plenty of nourifhment when the fea- 
fon advances, and there is a greater demand 
of it both for nutrition and perfpiration. But 
when Peafe are fown in JunCy in order for a 
crop 
